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Chartreuse Bloom Muted
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Chartreuse Bloom Muted

Lime · Hue 75
Metrics
S 18% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.6:1Failon black12.8:1AA
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About this color

Chartreuse Bloom Muted (#C7CDB7) belongs to the lime family — hue 75°, 18% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-bloom-muted: #C7CDB7;
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-bloom-muted-hsl: hsl(75, 18%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-bloom-muted-rgb: rgb(199, 205, 183);
}

AI Color Names

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Design Context

FreshNaturalInvigorating
Common in

Juice & Smoothie Brands · Eco Products · Fitness

Pairs well with

White for cleanliness, soft pink for playful contrast

Design tip

Use for wellness and eco-friendly brands. Light lime as a background creates an airy, energizing feel.

Cultural context ▶

Light lime represents freshness, vitality, and new growth. Common in spring-themed and health-focused design.

Color Origins

Lime family

Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.

Heritage

Lime — the yellow-green region of the spectrum — was often mixed by painters, for example verdigris combined with lead-tin yellow or yellow ochre. Synthetic pigments of the 19th and 20th centuries made saturated lime far easier to mix, which is why lime feels visually 'modern' even though grass and leaves have always lived there.

Across cultures

In Japan, moegi — the yellow-green of young leaves sprouting in spring — is a traditional color that falls within lime. In American pop culture, fluorescent Day-Glo pigments, popularized by 1960s psychedelic art, made neon brights like lime part of the visual vocabulary. In sportswear lime carries 'high-visibility' connotations (running gear, safety vests) that have lately come back into fashion as a deliberate aesthetic.

In the wild

Tennis balls turned lime-yellow ('optic yellow') after 1972, when the ITF adopted them as easier to see on color TV; Wimbledon kept white balls until 1986. Xbox's brand palette includes a light green that sits at the lime end, though Spotify's green and the main Xbox green are true greens. BP's Helios mark mixes green with yellow. Mountain Dew's drink is a vivid chartreuse. In film, The Matrix's coded rain is green-on-black — the choice was originally about the look of phosphor CRT terminals.

How it reads

Lime is the youngest-feeling green: it reads as fresh, citric, energetic, and slightly synthetic. At low saturation it becomes olive or moss, both heavily associated with craft, sustainability, and slow design. At high saturation it reads as sport, beverage, or technology. Lime is one of the harder hues to use as a primary brand color without trending toward 'energy drink' — many brands therefore use it as an accent against deep neutrals.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #C7CDB7.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Mid Gray · #B0AEA5
    →
  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #C7CDB7.

  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

AccessibilityColor-Blind Friendly Palette: Designing for Color Vision DeficiencyColor TheoryColor Contrast and Accessibility: WCAG, APCA, and Building an Accessible PaletteColor TheoryColor Gradients in Design: Types, Color Space Choices, and Avoiding Common Mistakes

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Chartreuse Pearl Muted
#DADECF · hsl(75, 18%, 84%)
Darker companion
Chartreuse Silk Muted
#B5BC9F · hsl(75, 18%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Bloom Muted
#BAB7CD · hsl(250, 18%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Moss Bloom Muted
#BECDB7 · hsl(100, 18%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Amber Bloom Muted
#CDC9B7 · hsl(50, 18%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Bloom Muted
#B7C9CD · hsl(190, 18%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Bloom Muted
#CDB7C9 · hsl(310, 18%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Bloom Muted
#B7BECD · hsl(220, 18%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Bloom Muted
#C5B7CD · hsl(280, 18%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Chartreuse Bloom Muted #C7CDB7
Lighter companion: Chartreuse Pearl Muted #DADECF
Darker companion: Chartreuse Silk Muted #B5BC9F
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Bloom Muted #BAB7CD
Analogous lead: Moss Bloom Muted #BECDB7
Analogous echo: Amber Bloom Muted #CDC9B7
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Bloom Muted #B7C9CD
Triadic +240°: Peony Bloom Muted #CDB7C9
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Bloom Muted #B7BECD
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Bloom Muted #C5B7CD

Compare

See how Chartreuse Bloom Muted compares side by side with related colors.

vsChartreuse Pearl MutedvsChartreuse Silk MutedvsViolet Bloom MutedvsMoss Bloom MutedvsAmber Bloom MutedvsCerulean Bloom Muted

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Chartreuse Bloom Faint
#C5C8BC · hsl(75, 10%, 76%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Bloom Dust
#CAD2B2 · hsl(75, 26%, 76%)
Nearby match
Honey Bloom Muted
#C9CDB7 · hsl(70, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Olive Bloom Muted
#C5CDB7 · hsl(80, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Silk Muted
#B5BC9F · hsl(75, 18%, 68%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Pearl Muted
#DADECF · hsl(75, 18%, 84%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.1:1
Violet Dusk Clear
#372886
AAA7.7:1
Violet Dusk Vivid
#2C1797
AAA7.8:1
Violet Dusk Bright
#260EA0
AAA7.8:1
Violet Dusk Pure
#2207A6
AAA7:1
Violet Shadow Dust
#3B355A
AAA7.4:1
Violet Shadow Soft
#372F60

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C9C9BE
Protanopia
#CACABD
Tritanopia
#C7C1C2
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Chartreuse Bloom Faint#C5C8BC · hsl(75, 10%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Muted#C7CDB7 · hsl(75, 18%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Dust#CAD2B2 · hsl(75, 26%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Soft#CCD7AD · hsl(75, 34%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Clear#D2E3A1 · hsl(75, 54%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Vivid#D8EF95 · hsl(75, 74%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Bright#DCF58E · hsl(75, 84%, 76%)Chartreuse Bloom Pure#DEFA89 · hsl(75, 92%, 76%)
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